Lawn-mower attachment



Feb. 9 1926.

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UNITED STATES ARTHUR LAVER, OF B'AYSIDE, NEW YORK.

LAWN -MOWER ATTACHMENT.

Application tiled April 9, 1923. Serial 110,630,718.

To all whom t may concern.' f Be it known that '1, ARTHUR LAVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bayside, county of Queens, State of New York, have invented new and useful Im' provenients in Lawn-Mower Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide means whereby lowl lying grass and other running growthis raised in frontof the cutting knives of a lawn mower to be shorn thereby; to provide means for operating 1n the manner indicated by avoiding breakage of the parts utilized therefor; and -tosim-l plify and chen-pen the construction of the apparatus for procuring the above meu toned results.

Dra/wings.

VFigure 1. is a sideviewoi:` a putting green roller. mower. of approved type having attached thereto means for raising low lying grass and similar growths, said means being constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a detail view showlng 1n section the rear ofV the comb with which the mower is'provided, the view being taken as on the line 2 2 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section of the same, the section being taken as on the'line 3-3 in Flgure l;

Figure f1 is a section of the modified form of the mower, the section being taken as .o n

the jline 4-4 in Figure 5;

` Figure 5 is a front view of the comb frame and hanger'therefor when employed in conj unctionv with the mower shown in Figurel; Figure 6 is a detail view lon enlarged scale in cross section showing' the comb and hanger therefor with yielding means for holding the comb in working position; and

Figure 7 is alrear view of the spring for 'holding the comb in position.

Description.

When employed in conjunction with the referred form of mower such as shown in' iguresjl to 3 inclusive thejcomb'back 12 is pivotally supportedby clamp bearings 13 on -V the spreader bar 14 forming the axles of the adjustin rollers 15 with which the mower is provide The rollers15 are held in bracket yokes 16, the bar extensions 17 .whereof are in which are bedded tines 20 forming slidably heldin the reachbars-lS of the side bars of the mower. Adjusting nuts 19`l determine the height at which the reach bars 18 are to be held from the ground.

The back 12 is preferably constructed, as best seen in Figures 1 and 6, of solid metal teeth of the comb. The extremities 21 of the tines 2O are slightly upturned to avoid digging into the ground, being preferably disposed as shown in said Figures 1 and y6 to slide over the ground when level. To hold the comb 12 in normal position springs 22 and 23 respectively are employed. .When employing the sp-ring 23 it is clamped rigidly on the spreader bar 24 by means of clam-ping jaws 25 of usual construction. Thejaws 25 are drawn tight by means of bolts 26V and nuts 27 thereon.

When using the hanger for the 'y comb v12 shown in Figures 4 to 7 inclusivethe hanger bars 28 are employed, the slots 29 therein af# fording means for sliding over the Shanks 30 of the bolt on which the thumb nut 31 is mounted. By loosening and tightening thethumb nut 31 the bars 28 may be adjusted to regulate ,the` elevation for the comb 12 to work. By means 'of this attachment yit is obvious that the comb may be' raised more at one end l 21 under the low-lying sections of the crab grass or similar growth and of certain classes of weed to lift them suliiciently without marring the turf and to yield backward in releasing the same having lifted them in the ath of the cutting blades of thel mower.,

inmediately the tines are released from the grass or weed the springs 22 and 23 return them to their worklngposition ready to en- .gage andY lift other grass or weeds.

Claims.

They combination with a v`lawn mower havin Ya Y:frame and a cutting mechanism of `#com mounted on the mower in advance of .the cutting mechanism thereof, said' comb comprising a weighted back and forwardly advanced tines extending therefrom, springv tension means between said back and mower frame for reslliently retalmng said comb 1n the sa i y 1,572,297

working position, 'and means `for adjusting a. weighted back on said comb for maintainthe working position of said comb relative ing the tines thereof in operative posit-ion, to the mower. and spring connection between said backand 10 2. The combination with aY lawn mower the mower frame -for permitting rearward I having a frame and a cuttin mechanism, of yielding of said comb. V a comb pivot-ally suspended om the mower v frame in advance of the vcutting mechanism, ARTHUR LAVER. 

